Comprehensive Risk and Crisis Management Toolkit

Meeting and event planners are no strangers to risk management. To ease the burden, the American Association of Association Executives recently released a comprehensive toolkit, The Association Risk and Crisis Management Guide, to help meeting and event planners and association leaders navigate the complexities of risk and crisis management.

The toolkit was developed in partnership with the Risk and Insurance Management Association and the American Association for Industrial Security International, a leading association in the security field. Their tools, frameworks and models were instrumental in the development of the toolkit and will help raise the bar for risk and crisis management in the association industry.

Meeting security has become the biggest risk facing associations, so the toolkit takes a deeper look at meeting security through case studies provided by the Risk & Insurance Management Association, survey insights from the American Society of Association Executives, and further collaboration with international destination organizations to analyze risk and crisis management at events from the perspective of the destination.

The Association Risk and Crisis Management Guide is designed to help planners and associations:

1. Assess their association’s position in the risk and safety space compared to their peers, providing valuable benchmarking and insights.
2. Understand key terminology and concepts related to risk, emergency and crisis management, ensuring their teams are well versed in the language and practice of effective crisis management.
3. Learn how to initiate an enterprise risk and crisis management approach tailored to your association’s unique context, building a solid foundation for future resilience.

“In today’s unpredictable environment, sound risk and crisis management planning is critical to the safety of attendees and the overall success of association meetings,” said Michelle Mason, FASAE, CAE, president and CEO of the American Society of Association Executives. “Proactive strategies and preparation not only mitigate potential threats, but also build confidence and resilience within the association community.”

Meeting and event planners and association leaders can download the Association’s Risk and Crisis Management Guide for free here.